冰球 (bīng qiú) — ice hockey | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

ice hockey

Measure word · 场

Examples

冰球。
Tā cóng xiǎo jiù xǐ huan dǎ bīng qiú.
He has liked playing ice hockey since he was a child.
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Jiā ná dà de yì zhī bīng qiú duì yíng dé le guàn jūn.
A Canadian ice hockey team won the championship.
冰球。
Zhè chǎng bīng qiú bǐ sài fēi cháng jī liè.
This ice hockey match was very intense.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

'冰' gives ice, '球' gives ball, together naming ice hockey.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

冫水冰

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

冫

仌bīng冰bīng

Same sound today

冰 adds 水 (water) to 冫, the short form of 仌; 冫 gives the sound, and 水 shows the meaning.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

玉玉yùjade

Sound part声符shēngfú

求

求qiú球qiú

Same sound today

球 is built from 玉, meaning jade, and 求, which gives the sound.

Appears in

Ball Games Sports & Athletics

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